Ghostface Works With Action Bronson, Gets Sued

Earlier this year, New York rapper Action Bronson released his excellent debut album, Dr. Lecter, a fun romp through New York rap signifiers that, at times, felt like an extended tribute to Ghostface Killah. Bronson is by no means a ripoff artist, but the timbre and urgency of his delivery could sound very similar to those of the Staten Island originator. Well, Ghost and Bronson have now appeared on a track together, and it turns out to be pretty easy to tell the two apart. The track in question is "Meteor Hammer", which also features a pretty showing from the Boston MC Termanology. Listen to it at Nah Right.The track is slated to appear on the forthcoming Wu-Tang Clan collection Legendary Weapons. Like 2009's Wu-Tang Chamber Music, it features Wu members and various other underground rap figures teaming up with producer Noah Rubin. As Consequence of Sound reports, it's due July 26 on E1.

In other Ghostface news, one of his classic albums has just landed him in a legal situation. As The Hollywood Reporter reports (via MTV), TV composer Jack Urbont is suing both Ghostface and Sony Music Entertainment. Ghost's 2000 album Supreme Clientele sampled (or, according to Urbont, "copied verbatim") "The Iron Man Theme", a song Urbont wrote for the 1960s TV show "The Marvel Super Heroes". Ghost, of course, has long adapted the persona of the comic-book superhero, calling his first solo album Ironman and referring to himself repeatedly as Tony Starks. In his lawsuit, Urbont uses that nickname as fuel for an additional unfair-competition allegation, claiming that Ghost's quasi-use of the Tony Stark name "gives them a substantial commercial advantage by linking Ghostface to Iron Man without paying for it."

Below, check out Ghostface's deleted-scene cameo from the first Iron Man movie. Robert Downey, Jr. sure doesn't seem to mind his presence.